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William Shakespeare, (sculpture). Artist:  Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930, sculptor. Gruet, founder. Title:  William Shakespeare, (sculpture). Dates:  1893. Dedicated April 23, 1894. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 54 in. x 82 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. Inscription:  Wm Ordway Partridge / E. Gruet Jne Fondeur/Paris (East side of base:) What a piece of work is man How noble/in reason How infinite in faculty/The Bequest of Samuel Johnston (West side of base:) He was not an age but for all time/ Myriad-minded Shakespeare MDLXIV-MDCXV signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Seated portrait of Shakespear wearing the costume from the period of King James I of England. His left hand rests on his left thigh and his right hand is resting on the back of the chair. He appears to have just set aside the book he has been reading. Subject:  Portrait male -- Shakespeare, William Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Playwright Ethnic -- British Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Book Dress -- Historic -- Renaissance Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Lincoln Park, Shakespeare Garden, near Lincoln Park West at the foot of Belden, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Funds for this sculpture were provided in the will of Chicago financier Samuel Johnston who died in 1886. The Chicago Park District Sculpture Preservation Files contain correspondence, news articles, and conservation treatment reports with black and white photographs and slide documentation. For related information see: Myron H. West's "An Illustrated guide of Lincoln Park," Chicago: Gunthrop-Warren PRinting, Co., 1911, pg. 12, 17; and I. J. Bryan, comp., "A History of Lincoln Park and Annual Report of the Commissioners," Chicago: The Commissioners, 1899, pg. 59, 98-99, 106. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg 142-143. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 37-38. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IL0122, 1989. Monumental News, May 1894, pg. 233. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Studing, Richard, 1987 (Portraits of Shakespeare). Bulletin of Bibliography 42 (Dec. 1985): pg. 192. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 142. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75004342   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75004342 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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